Garda Recruitment Stage 4 (2019 Campaign)

Aaron123

Aaron123 wrote: »

Got a call there, buzzing! The woman on the phone said there is an intake in May and people will be called through their oom.

Congratulations !

Collinsb10

Aaron123 wrote: »

Got a call there, buzzing! The woman on the phone said there is an intake in May and people will be called through their oom.

Congrats.. what was your oom?

Aaron123

Collinsb10 wrote: »

Congrats.. what was your oom?

300’s

Rich_ccfc

Anyone who got a phonecall from the 2018 campaign was anything mentioned to you about a medical cert ?

banjoh_10

When do we expect offers?

Rich_ccfc

banjoh_10 wrote: »

When do we expect offers?

Next 3 to 4 weeks id say.

Mar_mar27

How long are medical valid for does anyone know?

Robert2020

Mar_mar27 wrote: »

How long are medical valid for does anyone know?

Pretty sure that medical is valid for 1 year but you can also get a 6 month extension from you’re GP. Then after those 18 months you most likely have to redo the full medical again.

cruzex

Anyone done the medical know, when you go in for the medical are you also doing the eye test the same day? And who do you actually go to for the medical?

CD2020!

Goddard wrote: »

I thought because I am a little older than some candies, it might be a negative when being called forward. I felt HR might have preferences for younger candidates when it comes down to the wire. However with the wide range of ages from previous posts this may be an incorrect assumption.

Your assumption is correct. They leave you "on read" lol anyone who they won't take or is in anyway extra work to vet wont be prioritised. Ask all them ppl who still think they have. Chance from 17/18 whenever. Anytime i think of vetting i just picture in my head a civil servant who doesn't give a crap with a pile of files moving from left to right on her/his desk.

ClaireMcGrath

cruzex wrote: »

Anyone done the medical know, when you go in for the medical are you also doing the eye test the same day? And who do you actually go to for the medical?

Yup, eye test is carried out as part of the medical.

Medical:
- Fill out a quick questionnaire and contact details of your own GP.
- Pee in a cup, sit down in the hall and wait your turn with your cup of pee
- Nurse will call you in:
-> Hand over your lovely little cup.
-> Nurse will check your height, weight, calculate your BMI.
-> Check your blood-pressure.
-> Hearing test - sit in the booth, headphones on, button in each hand, press right or left one for which ear your hear the tone in - tones will change frequency and pitch from low to high etc.
- Back out to the hall to wait for the doctor to call you (for me, this took HOURS, legit the longest part of the medical for me).
- Doc will call you:
-> Quick questionnaire as the doc ticks all the boxes.
-> Doc will ask you to do a range of movements (touch your toes, bend this way, that way, any pain? Arms out, arms up, etc etc)
-> Eye test - pretty similar to your mainstream eye test in specsavers: read this letter chart, okay now this one, okay now this one. Colour-blindness check then - what numbers can you see among the dots etc.
- General questions then - any surgery in your medical history? If it's not within a year or two, the doc will generally wave this off. Any injuries recently etc.

banjoh_10

Any other phone calls received?

Goddard

When HR call, is it from a Dublin landline number or private number?

howjamean

I asked about my medical as it nearly two years ago since I completed mine and he wasn’t sure but thinks with Covid I wouldn’t be asked to come back to Dublin but to go to my gp and get signed off again.

Dean445

Goddard wrote: »

When HR call, is it from a Dublin landline number or private number?

Dublin

banjoh_10

Goddard wrote: »

When HR call, is it from a Dublin landline number or private number?

Its a 01 Dublin landline number

Gazza434

Delighted that there is some progress and movement after such a long wait.
I won’t get my hopes up just yet as I still have a pt retest to do so god only knows when that will be scheduled. Hopefully won’t be waiting much longer tho, it’s hard to stay motivated and keep training with no definite plan of action.
Congrats to all who recently received offers. 👌ðŸ»ðŸ‘ŒðŸ»

Mm10

Anyone know anything on when medical laser eye letters will be signed? It's all that's left on my file

Envoi

I’m around number 700 on the oom no medical/fitness but vetting sent away last year wondering am I wasting my time waiting around or will it come eventually?..

banjoh_10

Envoi wrote: »

I’m around number 700 on the oom no medical/fitness but vetting sent away last year wondering am I wasting my time waiting around or will it come eventually?..

At some stage they will have to resume. Hang in there.

TravisLogan123

Envoi wrote: »

I’m around number 700 on the oom no medical/fitness but vetting sent away last year wondering am I wasting my time waiting around or will it come eventually?..

Why wouldn’t it come ? Everyone that passes a interview and passes the pct and medical is eligible, your pct is going to be in the next 2 months when restrictions lift

Grassy_Knoll37

Envoi wrote: »

I’m around number 700 on the oom no medical/fitness but vetting sent away last year wondering am I wasting my time waiting around or will it come eventually?..

I am in the same position as you. I dont think we will make the May 2021 batch but there could be potential for the end of the year.

Spitfire2019

Same as that, I am in the 700s and hope to be in the November batch at the latest. I have not been called for the medical or fitness yet. Done the interview 16 months ago.

AD07

Spitfire2019 wrote: »

Same as that, I am in the 700s and hope to be in the November batch at the latest. I have not been called for the medical or fitness yet. Done the interview 16 months ago.

I’m the same just wish we knew something about the fitness and medical it’s draining just waiting and hoping

Look at it this way lads, I'm waiting for the next campaign, so the entire thing is ahead of me still.

I'm sure ye are all well on top of it, but dont let the PCT catch ye out if the training slipped during this long wait, would be a shame to miss out on it having come so far, your time is approaching, just hang in there !

Envoi

AD07 wrote: »

I’m the same just wish we knew something about the fitness and medical it’s draining just waiting and hoping

Yeah exactly even a rough guideline would do at this stage hard stay motivated when your left in the dark and hear nothing ðŸ‘ðŸ»

Spitfire2019

We all started there, so go for it! It's not so bad once your in the process. Just take it step by step, and you will be at the interview stage before you know it. Practice on the aptitudes and then report writhing. Any word on the next campaign?

Spitfire2019

Spitfire2019 wrote: »

We all started there, so go for it! It's not so bad once your in the process. Just take it step by step, and you will be at the interview stage before you know it. Practice on the aptitudes and then report writhing. Any word on the next campaign?

The most recent mention of it is as follows: https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2021-03-24a.3208&s=Garda+Trainee+Competition#g3210.r


"I am further informed that it is projected that a new Garda Trainee Competition will commence in Quarter 4 of 2021. These plans are subject, of course, to the evolution of public health restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic."

Spitfire2019

That looks promising indeed, and if things improve then they may even bring this forward!

Spitfire2019

Spitfire2019 wrote: »

That looks promising indeed, and if things improve then they may even bring this forward!

Indeed, light at the end of tunnel at least.